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Thursday, 29 December 2016

A story of a WW1 survivor

To Be Released in
March 2017 (apologies that I have jumped the gun a bit with this)

NZ Writer and
Illustrator Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Fifi ColstonTorty and the soldier – a story of a WWI
survivorScholastic 2017 $15.99pb 32 pp

ISBN 978 1 7754
3365 1

Themes: Salonica/ True
stories/ World War I

Over 100 years have
passed since a field hospital was bombed in Salonika during World War I. It was
here a young Kiwi soldier, Stewart Little rescued a small Greek tortoise that
had been run over by a tank and eventually brought her back to New Zealand and
cared for her. When she finally died it was estimated she was over 200 years
old. In spite of it being set (at the beginning) in a distressing war zone this
is a gentle story brought amazingly to life by Jennifer Beck (see the net for
her other well known World War 1 stories) and in Fifi Colston’s illustrations.
Fifi has also ‘specialised’ in this area and I think these illustrations are amongst her
best.